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The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!

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Incredibly funny! Every time I see it again I notice new jokes I'd missed before.
(Stop comparing it to Cohen's other works. Did you do that with Robin Williams, Good Morning Vietnam, Jumanji, Mrs Doubtfire??? or other comedians. This work is its own.)

I had to stop and reset my sensibilities, then found it hilarious! It can be offensive to those who are overly sensitive, but Cohen does a great job of including everyone in his humor. And we can't be afraid to laugh!

This movie seems to generate a lot of animosity. No, it's not even close to as funny or provocative as "Borat," but taken as a dumb, funny comedy, it's pretty entertaining. SBC does his usual deep character immersion (dude's the Daniel Day-Lewis of comedy). It has a bit of a Chaplin feel ("The Great Dictator," "A King in New York"), but with a lot more tasteless humor. Go in with low expectations.

Parts of this movie were hysterical -- had me roaring. Armpit licking wacko Sacha Baron Cohen is absolutely shameless; he's not afraid to push the envelope whatsoever. And in this age where it seems that everybody is so sensitive, and fragile, and easily offended, I admire that. I find his boldness refreshing, however incendiary. I think it's either one way or the other: you'll either totally Aladeen this movie, or completely Aladeen it. "In Loving Memory of Kim Jong-Il"... priceless.

Silly and sloppy, THE DICTATOR is not as good as BORAT. The purpose of his shocking films is not to offend; the point (at least, originally) was to be satirical and poke fun at the people who are judgmental based on stereotypes. A prime example is the use of anti-Semitism in BORAT. The point is not for the audience to laugh at the Jews; it is to laugh at the portrayal of the unreasonable people who hate them and other groups for illogical reasons based on nothingness. The laughter needs to be directed at the right place. I feel that this film is not as tightly written and executed, and so, I wouldn't recommend. At least this new brand of ridiculousness was scripted. Unfortunately, it was stupid and uneven and ultimately not worth the spoof.

Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1% of the people have all the nation's wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes. And bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones. You could torture foreign prisoners. You could have rigged elections. You could lie about why you go to war. You could fill your prisons with one particular racial group, and no one would complain. You could use the media to scare the people into supporting policies that are against their interests.

General Aladeen: "From the mountain tops of North Korea to the jungles of Zimbabwe, let every child laborer and sweat shop factory worker sing... Oppressed at last! Oppressed at last! Thank Aladeen, I am oppressed at last!"

General Aladeen: "You seem educated." Zoey: "Yes, I went to Amherst." General Aladeen: "I love it when women go to school. It's like seeing a monkey on rollerskates. It means nothing to them, but it's so adorable for us."